Description: He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He is physically well-built. His blue hair is thinning but still full. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Assassin. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He got into the Assassin business at a young age. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Cressel has worked very hard to control his curse. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is renowned for her bright yellow dresses and hats. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the east to a Server, Arara learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Carter, but she got bored and became a Server. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect her home

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Server

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She likes to wear tan tank tops with black skirt. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Map Maker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Map Maker work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Myria was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Myria and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in an above average manner. With bright brown hair. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her broad white hat.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spice Merchant who has hired her part-time. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Gynnie was born with her father's beautiful face. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bookbinder. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush, Rich, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. He carries with him a set of sais, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Adran's homeland. Adran decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He takes great joy in being the best Carpenter in town.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.